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  Telstra switches on Foxtel for T-Box

  Delivering on an announcement earlier this year, Telstra T-Box owners will be able to subscribe to Foxtel pay TV from the end of the month without the need for a separate device.

  By Rodney Gedda | 20 June, 2011 10:39

  Tags: foxtel, IPTV, T-Box, television, Telstra, Telstra BigPond

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  Prime to digitise media archives

  Television and radio broadcaster Prime Media has embarked on a digitisation project for its content over the next seven years.

  By Rodney Gedda | 15 June, 2011 14:01

  Tags: archiving, DAMsmart, digital video, Prime Media, television

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  Eyes fixed on analog amid digital TV switch

  People in metropolitan and regional areas of Australia are still relying on analog signals to watch TV even as the government begins switching off the older technology in favour of digital-only broadcasts.

  By Rodney Gedda | 30 June, 2010 10:01

  Tags: analogue tv, Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), digital tv, entertainment, satellite, Senator Stephen Conroy, television, digital tv switchover

• Comcast to debut social networking site for TV viewers

  In about two weeks, US cable company Comcast will debut a beta of a social networking service that allows participants to let the world know what they are watching on TV and the Internet.

  By Joab Jackson | 25 May, 2010 06:00

  Tags: comcast, social networking, television, Tunerfish

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  Intel aims wireless display technology at handhelds

  Intel will bring its wireless display technology to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, company executives said this week.

  By Agam Shah | 17 May, 2010 05:58

  Tags: displays, Handheld, Intel, television, Wi-Di

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  Surround Vision hopes to change TV viewing experience

  Santiago Alfaro hopes to one day use the Surround Vision technology he created at the MIT Media Lab and work with famous director James Cameron to incorporate it into a film.

  By Nick Barber | 10 May, 2010 04:13

  Tags: MIT Media Lab, OpenGL, Surround Vision, television, tv

• Toshiba laptop debuts Intel's WiDi tech

  The little-known but potentially important Intel Windows Display (WiDi) wireless technology has turned up in the latest Toshiba laptop, the Satellite A660.

  By John E. Dunn | 18 April, 2010 00:02

  Tags: applications, Intel, television, toshiba, video, WiDi, Windows Display Wireless Technology

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  Ncomputing's chip brings Windows applications to TVs

  Ncomputing on Friday announced a chip that could turn devices like TVs or set-top boxes into virtual desktops through which users can run Windows applications or access the Internet.

  By Agam Shah | 22 March, 2010 07:06

  Tags: ncomputing, television, thin clients

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  Samsung finding new ways to push 3D to users

  Samsung on Tuesday introduced new 3D home entertainment devices and said it is researching new 3D technologies while finding new ways to deliver 3D movies to TVs.

  By Agam Shah | 10 March, 2010 08:00

  Tags: 3d, 3d TV, samsung, television

• Innocomm shows Android smartphone with analog TV

  Innocomm Technology, a young smartphone developer, plans to launch its first handset with Google's Android mobile operating system and an analog TV receiver in the middle of this year, a company representative said Tuesday.

  By Dan Nystedt | 03 March, 2010 06:51

  Tags: Android, Innocomm, smartphones, television

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  Toshiba announces 'Cell TV' HDTV, set-top box

  At a splashy press event at CES in Las Vegas, Toshiba trotted out its latest and greatest HDTV, the Cell TV, with its companion media center set-top box.

  By Mark Sullivan | 07 January, 2010 08:08

  Tags: 3d, 3d TV, Cell processor, ces 2010, home entertainment, television, toshiba

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  Netflix coming to the PlayStation 3

  Netflix will begin streaming movies and TV shows to PlayStation 3 consoles in the U.S. from November, it said on Monday.

  By Martyn Williams | 27 October, 2009 07:28

  Tags: netflix, Playstation 3, PS3, sony, television

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  Internet TV could boom in the next few years, study says

  Internet-enabled TV sets could see wider adoption in the next few years as viewers get comfortable with the idea of running widgets on TV screens, according to a study released by Ernst & Young on Thursday.

  By Agam Shah | 02 October, 2009 07:26

  Tags: internet tv, IP video, television, Web TV

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  Toshiba to detail Cell-based TV in early October

  Toshiba will soon unveil its first television based on the Cell processor, the same multimedia chip that sits at the heart of the PlayStation 3 games console.

  By Martyn Williams | 28 September, 2009 08:28

  Tags: Cell processor, lcd tvs, television, toshiba

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  Intel targets homes with new processor for TVs

  Intel's chips already go into many laptops, but it is now making a play for television sets and cable boxes through a new processor it released on Thursday.

  By Agam Shah | 25 September, 2009 06:07

  Tags: displays, Intel, processors, television